Thank you, all. I really appreciate your posts. I was really looking forward to see as many of you as possible. I'll speak with my travel agent on Sunday to see if there's a detour via Europe sometime in the next two weeks, but damn. I really wanted this vacation and some time off to clear my mind a bit from everything here.
Prepare to uncouple -- uncouple.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Shir - Apr 19, 2024 11:20:39 am PDT #29865 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
erikaj - Apr 19, 2024 3:31:29 pm PDT #29866 of 30000
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
(Chandler Bing)gee, how come?(/Chandler Bing) (I make jokes when I'm emotional, like him.)
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2024 6:43:56 pm PDT #29867 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
My Friday night: rocking out to a 35-year-old B-52's album and buying underwear online. I am out of control, y'all.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2024 6:49:38 pm PDT #29868 of 30000
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
I mopped the kitchen floor.
Atropa - Apr 19, 2024 7:50:37 pm PDT #29869 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Mr. Loomycakes is out of town at a big Magic: the Gathering event, being Mr. Famous Artist. I decided I wanted a charcuterie plate, so I used DoorDash to have a bunch of fancy snacks delivered. I'm justifying this to myself with the knowledge that, given the opportunity, I will eat charcuterie plates as often as I can.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2024 9:03:12 pm PDT #29870 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm justifying this to myself with the knowledge that, given the opportunity, I will eat charcuterie plates as often as I can.
Ha! My friend calls this Girl Dinner.
They do have a particularly fabulous charcuterie option at my bar, Alembic. With the requisite cheese and meats but also garlic confit and fig jam and coarse grained mustard etc. Not to mention a fab vegan mushroom pate.
Calli - Apr 20, 2024 5:13:51 am PDT #29871 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’ve heard charcuterie described as “Lunchables, only good,” which is plausible. I’m currently doing keto, so every day involves a cheeseboard.
Shir - Apr 20, 2024 6:14:56 am PDT #29872 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE FLIGHTTTTT. Travel agent found that miracle.
If all goes well I'll arrive a day later with an overnight in Europe but it looks doable, as long as the airspace here is still open.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee F2F Buffistas! Keep your fingers crossed please.
dcp - Apr 20, 2024 6:15:24 am PDT #29873 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Hmmmm. Charcuterie, cheese, crackers, olives, grapes, berries -- we called these "finger foods" or "nibblements." Hospitality snacks, or perhaps appetizers, but not meant as a meal. Is that not usual?
Laura - Apr 20, 2024 6:27:13 am PDT #29874 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE FLIGHTTTTT. Travel agent found that miracle.
I'm going to credit Buffista~ma! I am so relieved to hear this, Shir. You really need a break.